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f A. McMULLEN, on STERLNGQfILLlNOIS. i n l i i l Letters .Patent NQ-'6050315 dad'Novemb" 2318.66' v l SPECIFICATIONE- 'Q To ,ALL wHoM IT MAYCONGERN: y y A t Be it linown that I, ADAM McMULLEN, of Sterling, in thecounty of Whiteside, and State of lllinoisphavefu `invented a new and'useful Improvement in Hame-Tug BreastGo11ar-andI do herebydeclare thatthe fol lowing is afull, clear, and exact description'thereof, whichwill enable othersskilled in the arttomake and'use thesame, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, i n `which-` t Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedheme-tug 'breast-collar. i i i Figure2 is a detail sectional viewof thesame, taken through the line tex, iig. 1. Figure 3 is aV detailsectional view of the same, taken through the liney y,g."`1. t i i'Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. t, i i. t

My invention has for its object to furnish an improvedbreast-,collar-,Lsq constructed` and arranged asftoficover the parts ofthe horses breast upon whichthe draught com es, affording an easier andbetter purchase thanthe,

r breast-collar now inl general use, `and which can be --readily 'takenof and' put on 7thehorse. `g And `iifeonsist's,`

first, of'a breast-collar made in two parts, said parts'beingconstructed and arranged in the for'm `and manner w hereinafterdescribed second, in the .combination of the'plates'with-` the collar,with the hamegtug'fclips, and with the breast-strap rings; third,in thecombination of the snap hook and Leyawith the"forssfard` endsof theparts of the collar; and, fourth, in pivoting the neck-strap tugs tothecollar; the wholebeing constructed arranged as hereinafter more fullydescribed.r i i i 1 H A is the collar, 'the parts al and aof which arecut outin the form shown in thedrawings. 1 ,This form causes the collarto fit easily upon the horse's breast, and gives a broad bearingsurfaceupon-that partofihi breastwherethe draught strain comes. B isa hooksecurely riveted to the forward 'end of the pjartja@ of thecolla A. b isa spring, one end of which i'sfattached'to theshank of the hook, B, andtheother` end restsbagainstthe i point of the hook, as shown in iig. 2,C is an eye, the shank of which is riveted totheforward en dLoi'`thefpart,1

v al, of the collar, A, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. This snap hookand eyelh olds the `parts"off theicollar' securely i l connected when upon thehorse, and enables them to b e readily detached for conveniencelinreniovirig `the" c ollalr` from or putting it upon' the borsaV D areplates secured to the outer sides of the parts, kand of theffcollax A,byrivets, said rivets passing through the plates, D, through the collar,and through the;strengtheningplate" E, placed between the collar,`A, andthe pad, Ii, as shown in iig. 2. To the forward enlsof'` thelplates,

attachedthe breast-strap rings-G, for holding upthe tongue of thecarriage; Whenthe-,collargis `used forfsingl harnessthe rings, G, areleft ci?. are'the hame-tug1clips, which arepassed through holes `Sinthefrearlends the I;lates,.D, and are secured to theends of thehaine-tags, I, in thef ordinary unt n1"1e 1". J tarewsmallfp rivetedtothe collar beneath the rearends-of the plate, D, to prevent the clips,H," 'ro `ni lchangftthecllar l" are the `neck-strap tngs, which arepivoted to the upper parts of the parts, a and a2, lo fthecollarbylarge-he ded rivets, L, as shown lin iig. 1. M is theneck-strap, labout the constructionof whichfthereis h othingnew the pad,which `is made and attached to the collar in the ordinary manner. y i vI am aware that a breast-strap has been made-in' two parts, as inmy'inventionfbutgthese parts have here` tofore been connected by a rigidpiece of 4 curved metal, securely fastened by rivets `totheitwv`parts"of"` ey" breast-strap in order to prevent interference' with therespiratory organs of the horse, whilstinmy lnventinth two parts of thebreast-strap are connected by. a snap hook and eye, by means ofavhichftheftwolparts 'oftthe` breast-strap can easily be disconnectedfrom each "other at the front and the breast-strapplaced roperlpo tionon the horse without passinglthevstrap, M, overthe horse's head,\asusual, which istioulilesomeyin" consei I quence of said strap becomingentangled with the blindsof the bridle when the snapis passedoverthishea I Having thus fully descrbcdmy invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure bylxetters jIatent, is

1. The breast-strap A, made in two parts, `a1 and a, connected by astfraphookadeyefwhen said parts are? constructedtin the form and mannersubstantially as herein shown and described, and fonthepiirposesetf th2, The breast-collar A, in combination with thefplates D and J, and` thetlig-lcli'psjH,substantial described and for the purpose set forth.` t ii i i 1 i t v 3. Pivoting the neck-straptugs K to the parts, a1 and a,of the' collarA, s o that therposition` oi' thones 1strap on the neckcan be changed when desired, substantially as described and forthepurpose set'iforth.`

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